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Brecken Nickel, MBA

Associate Consultant

Peculiar, Missouri, United States3 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Reduced budget pressures by over $1M in 2023.
  • Winner of the 2022 KC CFA Research Challenge.
  • Currently pursuing an MBA while working full-time.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Analyst with expertise in budget management and financial modeling in the Fintech sector.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial AnalysisBudgetingData Analysis

Other Skills

Advanced ReportingBudget PresentationsTime ManagementIn-depth AnalysisFinancial ModelingAnalytical SkillsBusiness AnalysisCommunicationMicrosoft ExcelTableauMicrosoft OfficeProblem SolvingLeadershipTeamworkFast learner

About

Financial analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Skilled in Microsoft Office, Advanced Reporting, Budget Presentations, Time Management, and In-depth Analysis. History of being a self starter and identifying solutions to future problems before they arise. Worked with management and outside vendors to reduce budget pressures by over $1M in 2023. Bachelor's degree in Finance & Investments and currently participating in the MBA program at Missouri State. Winner of the 2022 KC CFA Research Challenge.

Experience

3 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Federal reserve bank of kansas city

3 roles

Analyst Experienced

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Kansas City, Missouri, United States

  • Finance team lead overseeing analysis, reporting, and strategic planning initiatives
  • Leadership responsibilities, onboarding, coaching, and improving output quality
  • Thought leader for the system IT finance research consolidation
  • Executive and senior management recommendations and presentation
  • Develop a funding and cost model for our research cluster services
  • Established a scenario-based model for executive-level recommendations
  • Built a depreciation and amortization model for capital-intensive developments
  • Manage a budget of over $50M
  • Expanded our project management capabilities
Advanced ReportingBudget PresentationsTime ManagementIn-depth AnalysisFinancial AnalysisBudgeting

Analyst

Jul 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Kansas City, Missouri, United States

  • Constructed a $18M budget for 5 business areas and maintained a 0.5% variance
  • Provided detailed financial support and guidance to executive leadership
  • Identified over $1M in budget reduction opportunities
  • Lead our time management, billing, and revenue management system
BudgetingBusiness AnalysisFinancial AnalysisCommunicationMicrosoft Excel

Analyst Internship

Jun 2021 – May 2022 · 11 mos · Kansas City, Missouri, United States

  • Developed cost center allocation reports to distribute to upper management
  • Built Tableau dashboards to track over 16,000 employee’s trainings and hours
  • Achieved second place in Iron Viz analysis competition

Missouri state university

Resident Assistant

Aug 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Springfield, Missouri, United States

  • Maintained and supported a group of 45 residents
  • Effectively coordinate a group from diverse backgrounds to build a community
  • Build reports for ResLife Directors to view financials, goals, and progress

Education

Missouri State University

Master of Business Administration

Jan 2024 – Dec 2025

Missouri State University

Bachelor’s of Science: Finance — Corporate and Investments

Aug 2019 – May 2022

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